Yasser Yaks

Updated Nov. 10, 2000 1:02 a.m. ET

Yasser Arafat came to Washington Thursday to talk peace with President Clinton. With Mr. Clinton's Camp David peace initiative in the dumpster, he must feel there's nothing to be lost by chatting up Mr. Arafat. And of course, the Palestinian strongman thanked his host by using the opportunity to denounce Israel for the U.S reporters. "I am not the one who initiated the violence. I am not the one who is attacking Israelis. My tanks are not sieging Israeli towns. I did not order my tanks, my air force, my artillery, my heavy weapons, my navy." He said he had one airplane. Then he asked his interpreter if the...